The
Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (NAPL) Cleanup Alliance, established in 2001, is one
of the six active Action Teams under the Remediation Technologies Development
Forum (RTDF). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created the RTDF
in 1992 to foster collaboration between the public and private sectors in
developing innovative solutions to mutual hazardous waste problems. The NAPL
Cleanup Alliance includes representatives from the petroleum industry, federal
and state government, and academia who share an interest in pursuing aggressive
technologies for removing large-scale non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL)
contamination.